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CUSTOMADE OUR GANGS #3
Saturday, May 31st marks the release of group 3 of the Customade Our Gangs series. This is the final group of gangs and includes: Alexis Ross, Estevan Oriol, Peter Bagge and Will Sweeney. |
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ALEXIS ROSS
Born 1972. Raised in Mar Vista, California. Graduated Venice High School 1990. Doom- Battalion Chief of the original Blue Crew. IFK, TTC. Valentino- Vice President, Gents of Desire. Occupation- Art Director / Flim-Flam man. Studied under famed showman Robbie Freed. Best known for occasional sign painting and a handful of homemade tattoos. Spends all free time sitting on the front porch, smoking cigarettes and lecturing his two daughters on the merits of dressing well. Neither has listened thus far. Major influences are Jonny Donahue, Keith Wager and Yasmine Ross.
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ESTEVAN ORIOL
Estevan Oriol began his career in the entertainment industry in the late 1980's as a club bouncer at Los Angeles' most popular Hip Hop clubs and infamous Hollywood hangouts. It was there that Estevan first linked up with his Soul Assassin brothers from South Gate, Cypress Hill. Eager to expand his knowledge of the business, Estevan secured a job as tour manager for the rap group, House of Pain, in 1992. Estevan invoked his unique photography style to catalogue the outrageous experiences he had on tour and began taking pictures of his neighborhood homies and the low rider culture. He had a gift for capturing the raw essence of street life through his photography. Within a short time, he became one of the most sought after photographers of the Urban and Hip Hop community. His work has been featured in magazines world-wide including: COMPLEX, FHM, GQ, Flaunt, Details, Vibe, The Fader and Rolling Stone.
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PETER BAGGE
By common consensus, Peter Bagge is the funniest cartoonist of his generation, and is probably known best for the '90s comic book series Hate, which followed the exploits of the slacker ne'er-do-well Buddy Bradley (and managed to show probably the truest representation of Seattle during the "grunge" boom and bust). Peter Bagge was born in Peekskill, New York. He studied briefly at the School of Visual Arts in New York City in the mid-'70s. Upon exposure to the work of underground comics, particularly the work of R. Crumb, Bagge plunged into cartooning with a vengeance. In the early '80s, Bagge co-published three issues of Comical Funnies (1980-81), a New York-based comic tabloid which saw the debut of Bagge's dysfunctional suburban family, The Bradley's. Bagge broke into R. Crumb's legendary magazine, Weirdo, with "Martini Baton," and Bagge took over as managing editor of that magazine from 1983 to 1986. Bagge also started his own comic book, Neat Stuff, for Fantagraphics Books, producing 15 issues from 1985 to '89. In 1990, Neat Stuff evolved into a new title, Hate, which exclusively chronicled the foibles of the semi-autobiographical Buddy Bradley. Hate became the voice of the twenty-nothing slackers as well as being hailed by critics for its brilliant characterization and its sharp dissection of 1990s hipsterdom.
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WILL SWEENEY
Will Sweeney has worked as an artist and illustrator in London, UK for the last 10 years. His clients include Silas, The Face, Dazed & Confused, Stussy UK, Medicom Fabrick, Wonder Showzen and Nike. Will has written and illustrated 2 parts of 'Tales From Greenfuzz,' a food based psychedelic comic book, published by James Jarvis' Amos label. Three toy designs based on characters from the comic have also been released; Helmut The Hot Dog Man and The Kebab Twins. In 2005, Gasbook 20, a book of works from Will and friend/collaborator Susumu Mukai was released. In 2006, The Alakazam! label was born and is now on sale around the world. The fourth collection of tee shirts is due soon.
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